Steve Jobs’ millennial fan club is devoted to Apple, but why?

By staff and wire services reports

October 7th, 2011

When college students and 20-somethings talk about their childhoods, Apple products are often the mile-markers. It’s not just because many millennials are dedicated consumers. It’s partly because Apple grew up alongside them, reports the Washington Post. Twenty-somethings like myself remember being in elementary school and playing Oregon Trail on an early Macintosh with a floppy disk drive. For decades, generations of Apple computers have filled school computer labs thanks to targeted marketing and discounts for educators…